January 15th. Recommended Threads

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Jundo
    Treeleaf Founder and Priest
    • Apr 2006
    • 40306

    January 15th. Recommended Threads

    I encourage looking at these threads, topics and posts today ...

    Please witness Our January 2017 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! ... right here ...
    The time has again arrived for our annual JUKAI CEREMONY at Treeleaf Sangha ... to commence today, Sunday, January 15th at Midnight (Sunday-Monday) Japan time (that is New York 10am, Los Angeles 7am (Sunday morning), London 3pm and Paris 4pm (Sunday afternoon)). The ceremony will last about 1 hour, and will be visible


    Also, you are asked to sit our Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai - FRIDAY THE 13TH!! ... it will bring you good luck ...
    Oh, it is unlucky FRIDAY the 13th TODAY (in some places) ... so our theme is, of course, superstition, protective amulets and luck good and bad! Knock on wood. Hello All, Please 'sit-a-long' with our weekly FRIDAY/SATURDAY 'LIVE FROM TREELEAF' 90 minute ZAZENKAI, netcast from 10am Japan time Saturday morning (that is New


    For our Koan-heads ... we pause at Book of Serenity Case 75, Zuigan's Permanent Principle ...
    reMINDer: Our Next Book Selection: A New Buddhist Path by David Loy ... we will startlessly start that in a couple of weeks. Details HERE (http://www.treeleaf.org/forums/showthread.php?14852-Our-Next-Book-Selection-A-New-Buddhist-Path-by-David-Loy). But for now ... Case 74 never ends, and so we concentrate on Case 75,


    And a reMINDer of our next book, commencing soon ... A New Buddhist Path by David Loy ...
    Dear all, I am thinking to put aside for awhile the Koans of the Book of Serenity in our book club when we reach no. 75 (we are now at no. 70), and sometime after the New Year turn to another book or two for awhile. We will return to the Book of Serenity sometime next year. I would like to turn to a commentary on Buddhism,


    A good question on breath counting, concentration and the objectives of Zazen ... Joriki ...
    The recent thread about counting the breath led me to this question. Prior to joining Treeleaf, I had read some varying opinions from other sources about Zazen and breath-counting in the development of "joriki," or (as I understood it) the "power" to re-focus the mind on the breath rather than allowing it to


    Is Suzuki Roshi talking about serenity and calm ... or Serenity and Calm? ... Mind Waves -- Thoughts During Zazen ...
    I was re-reading "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" today, and came upon this quote by Shunryu Suzuki. I know there has been a lot of discussion about how to deal with thoughts that arise during zazen, and I thought that this might be helpful: gassho2 --JimH (SatToday!)


    Is Sitting a matter of time and effort? ... depends what kind of Zen one Practices ... sitting zazen, timeless time ...
    so i apologize for the weeklong absence, i have been frittering away my time in trivial pursuits, but have decided to come back, mostly for the illuminating conversation (there are literally NO buddhists where i live, at least not "out of the closet) ones..i am also looking forward to the ceremony on the 15th..here's my





    I am so glad if this place and the practice are benefiting you. If so, you might consider a DONATION to Treeleaf at this LINK, although there is absolutely no need or requirement to do so. Thank you.



    A Re-MINDer on SIMPLICITY:

    In a Zen Monastery, SILENCE or A FEW WISE WORDS are cherished over MANY WORDS. Thus, I advise folks to restrain the need to speak unless the heart truly calls. If you find yourself posting many times each day, maybe consider what truly needs to be said ... and when it is best just to answer with silence and an inner Gassho.

    SILENCE OR A FEW HESITANT WORDS OF FRIENDSHIP AND SUPPORT OFTEN SPEAK MOST PROFOUNDLY. Post when it is truly important to you and needs to be spoken from the warm heart.

    (BUT too much silence or shyness can also be excessive ... so take the Middle Way!)

    Also, to those who may get lost among the many threads and conversations in our Forum, please think of a monastery made of wood or brick, with 100 monks holding 10,000 conversations in the hallways, kitchen, Abbot's rooms and library (I assume no chatting in the Zendo where people sit Zazen).

    Would you need or want to hear or join in all or most conversations? Of course not! You would, at best, pick and choose the conversations relevant and helpful to you.

    So here too in our Sangha, NO NEED TO READ EVERY CONVERSATION: Try to note the ones that seem helpful to your Practice or interests, leave the rest. The above threads are a few suggestions.

    Oh, and we do ask folks to note that they have SAT ZAZEN THE PREVIOUS DAY BEFORE POSTING IN THE FORUM (please read about that here):

    Dear All, Treeleaf Sangha is a Practice Place centered on the daily Sitting of Shikantaza Zazen. We ask all our members to have sat Zazen sometime in the preceding day (today or yesterday) before posting in this Forum and joining in discussion. Please have "Sat" before any "Chat". gassho1 Also, both as


    Gassho, Jundo


    SatToday
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE
  • Hobbie
    Member
    • Aug 2016
    • 48

    #2
    Thank you for this. I'm just finding my way around and trying not to create too much of a bother. _/|\_

    Comment

    Working...